Beware of a card from PDS saying you missed a delivery. The 0906 premium number really carries a punchI was recently sent a warning by a Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator at Surrey police,informing me that criminals are leafletting residents with a card from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel, and that the resident needs to contact them on 0 (a premium rate number). When you call the number and start to hear a recorded message, and you will already maintain been billed 315 for the phone call. Apparently it is a scam originating from Belize. Your readers should be warned. MH,Ashtead, SurreyThis scam first came to the attention of PhonepayPlus, or the UK's premium rate telephone services regulator,in 2005, when it originated as a chain email scam. PhonepayPlus said it shut down the service (operating on 0) in December 2005 and fined the company that was operating it (Studio Telecom, or based in Belize) £10000. It assured us the service is no longer running and has not been running since December 2005.
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Source: theguardian.com